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L. M. NIELSBN.

ADDRESSING MA-GHINB.

AP-PLIUATION FILED MAY 29, 190s.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

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APPLIOATION FILED MAY za, 190s.

Patented Dec. 13,1910.

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ADDRESSING MACHINE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY zo, 190e.

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M. NIEIJSEN, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T NIELSEN MAILING vIlllIA(.'XtIIll'EIEtY COMIANY, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

ADDRESSING-MACHINE.

Spieclcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1,3, 1910.

Application mea may 2e, 190s. serial No. 435,821.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LAURrrs M. NIELSEN, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and `State of Massachusetts, have invented cer- Vstencils or other suitable printing Vforms are fed forward insuccession to'and from t-he printing position and the articles which are to receive impressions from said forms are also fed forwardeither mechanically or by hand to such position.

One object ot' this invention is to so con vstruct aprinting machine of this nature that there allowed to dwell during the printing ture that the feeding impression or impressions, and subsequent-ly fedonward 1n succession to a rlntmg form recelver mounted on 4a movah e mechanism actuated by the printing form feed to.

change the posit-ion of said receiver with relation to the path in which the print-ing forms are fed forward. j

Another object of th invention is to so construct an addressin lmachine of this naorward of the printing forms is independent` of the impression operating mechanism wh reby such feeding means may dwell while tl eimpression means continues to operate to print a series of 'nnpressions from a single form.

Another object of the invention is to so construct an addressing machine of this nature that the same may beset to print any desired number of impressions from each ot" the printing forms fed forward. l

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine of'thisvnatu're withl an improved-paper feedingdevice. y

Another object of the invention is toI iinprove the various parts and related combinations of parts as shall hereinafter be pointed 'l out. 'f

,'lh'e Ainvention consists-in such peculiar ,ing forms therebetween.

Figure 1, represents a `front elevation of the lmproved addresslng machine, parts of the same being 'broken away. Fig. 2, represents a plan view of the same. Fig. 3, represents details of parts of the starting mechanism shown in section as on line 3-3 Fig.' 2, the parts being in position 'as when the machine is driven. Fig. 4, represents a cross sectional view of some of said parts taken'A on line 4-4 Fig. 1. Fig. 5, represents a cross sectional view taken on line 5-.5 Fig. l, lookingI4 in the direction indicated by the arrows. `ig`..`6, represents a cross sectional view taken on line 6--6 Fig. 5. Fig. 7, represents an enlarged plan-view of parts of the printing form feed driving means and of the inkl-ng means.

taken on line 8 8 Fig. 7. Fig. 9, represents a sectional lview of parts of the feed controlling and operating means taken on line 9'-9 Fig. 2. Fig. 10, re )resents a cross Asectional view of the same tallten on line 10-10 Fig. 2, `looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig. 11, represents details of the yparts of the feed controlling means. Fig. 12, represents an enlarged side elevation of the` printing form receiver and parts of its controlling mechanism. Fi 13, represents an enlarged 'end View of sai parts. Fig. 14, represents a front view of the end portionof the machine showing the foot operating means the printing form receiver being removed. Fig. 15, represents an end view of Fig. 14.

Similar numbers of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

As shown in the drawings in its preferred form --20 represent the side frames of the improved addressing machine which are Inounted on suitable standards 21-21 and varecturnished on their up er portions with plates 22---22 having paral el edges furnished with uides 23-23 adapted to receive printvIlxtending from the frame QOis the shaft 24 on-which is journaled the sleeve 25 having the pulleyt, adapted to be driven in any ordinary manner, and the belt pulley 27 carrying the belt 28 which drives the flywheel 29 having the ratchet 5l() and rotatable on the shaft. 31 which shaft is journaled in bearing@I in the 'frames 20-20 and said shaft has fixed thereon the clutch member l3Q having lthe -spring actuated paw] 33 designed to engage t Fig. 8, represents a4 vertical sectlonal view of these parts of the machine the teeth of the ratchet 30.- Pi votallymounted on a stud extending from the frame 2 0 is the lever 34 which when depressed is designed to engage the tail of the pawl 33, as sald pawl is carried around by the rotation of its clutch member 32, to press inward this part of the pawl and to 'thereby `disengage the pawl; from the ratchet 30. This .lever 34, when the machine is thus thrown out of connection rests on' the in 35 extending from the frame 20 and said lever is raised to the position shown in Fig. 3 by the lifter rod 36 connectedV with any suitable treadle 37.

The shaft 31, between the frames 20`-20, is furnished with the crank 41 and this por-r tion of said shaft has the sprocket 42 by which the chain 43 is driven to operate the sleeve 44, ixedly positioned on theshaft- 24' between the frames 2 0-20 and having lthe sprocket 45, with which said chain 43 1s engaged. The said. shaft 24 is journaled in the frame 20 and is positioned in alinement with thel shaft 197 journaled in the frame 20, and the crank 46 is rigidly secured to each of said shafts and .connects the opposite slightly spaced apart ends thereof as.

shown 1n Figs-5 and 7.- It will thus `be noted that the sleeve 44, sprocket 45, shafts 24 and 197 and the crank 46 connecting said shafts are allfrigidl secured together and that the operating o the sprocket by the chain 43 effects. 'a like revolution of said vother named 'parts so xedly connected thereto. The slack of thechain 43 is taken up by a tightener comprising the lever 47 iprivotally mountedon a stud carried bythe ame 20 i and having the rotatableA sprocket 48, in engagement with said chain, andthe clamping device 49, of ordinary construction adjustab y mounted in the curved slot 50 of said .member 20". A

P ivotallymounted on a stud between the frameniembers 20-20" is the lever 51 having the -slot `52, in which' the pin of the crank 41 is engaged, and the up er Aend of 'said lever is pivotally connected y the rod 53 with the plate 54 slidably mounted in guides 55--55 of the frame members 20-20 and having pivoted thereon the roller frame 56 carrying at its forward end {th'e rotatable oted palette plate 64, adapted to receive ink from the rolls 57 and 59 or either of lsaid rolls one end of which plate is yieldingly supported by a spring. In the walls of the inl: reservoir'is 'journaled the shaft having the ink mixing roll 66, within said reservoir, and the ear 67 which meshes with the gear 68 journa ed on astud extending from the frame 20 and driven' bythe gear 69 the sleeve of which is journaled on the stud 70 extending from the' frame 20 and having the pulley 7l over which and the similar pulley 72 0f the crank 41 the belt 73 works. When. the lever 51 swings toward the ink reservoir 63 the plate 54 and the rolls 57 and 59 move with sald plate, the roll 59 taking ink from the rolll 66 and delivering said ink to the-plate 64 while the roll 57 in rolling over saidy plate 64 takes ink therefrom and is then moved forward von the crank 46 and havlng the pivot 76.

In order to support the printing forms which preferably consist of stencilsy of suitable construction, the machine is furnished with the compartment 77 located on the frames 2 0-20 at one end of the machine andV being open at its bottom to allow'th printing forms w-ato rest on the plates 22-22. This compartment 77 has an opening at the lower portion of its wall 78 suiiciently large to permit the assage therethrough of a-single printing crm. On the side walls of this com artment 77 are ears 79 in which is mounte a shaft 80 pivotally supporting a frame having arms 81--81` furnished with studs as 83, Fig. 9, and a spring 84 is mounted to press said arms toward the compartment. On the upper'open end of the compartment 77 is mounted the printing form le drawer v85 having an open end through which the printing forms may pass downward, by gravity, into said compartment and said Iilefdr'awer has, at this open end, sockets into which the pins or studs 83 niay engage to hold said tile drawer in po- 1 r sition. l At the end of the machine which has the compartment 77 the frames 20-20 are furnished with the guides 86-86 and the frame 20 is 4furnished with the guide 87 vmounted on the bracket 88 which has theopening 89. In a 'bearing in said frame 20 is journaled a shaft having on its inner end the upwardly extending arm havin the st op p in 91, said arm beingdesigne to 'swing 1n the opening l89 and --the stop-pin v91 extendingvinward overa portion ofthe guide 87.v At" theouter port'ionof the shaft, to which arm 90 is attached, 'is the lever 92 having at its' ,upper end the spring pressed engaging pin 9 3 designed to engage in anyof theperforations 94-94 of the plate 95 mounted at the 9 'and 11) vln the guides 86-86 (see Flgs.

is slidably mounted the earriage'96 which is pivotally connected With the pivot 76 of'the lever 7 In the-.upper 'part of this carriage 96 is pivotally mounted the tongue 97 having the end 98, for engagingthe printing forms, and the depending member 99. The end ,98 of said tongue is pressed upward by the spring lifted pusher 100 movably mount-4 ed in the carriage 96 and having the stud 1 01 extending beyond the carriage which stud is adapted at times to actuate the lever of the controlling means for the stencil 4feeding means as will hereafter be described. J ournaled in bearings in said carriage is the sha-ft 102 having freely mounted thereon the pinion 103 and the ratchet 104, and having txedly mounted thereon the ratchet 105, the plate Z, and the cam 106 which latter is so positioned that the member 99-of the tongue 97 `bears against its periphery and mayat times, be received in its depression 107. Pivotally mounted on said carriage is the pawl 108 as shown in Fig. 11, While the pawl 109 is pivoted on the plate as shown in Figs. 9 and 10, which pawls engage their respective ratchets 105 and 104 and prevent the reverse rotation of said ratchets andit is to be noticed, Fig. 10, that ratchet-105` is fixed on the shaft 102vand may rotate with said shaft'in the direction indicated by. the arrow in Fig. 11, While ratchet 104 and pinion 103 are secured to each other and are free to rotate together on said shaft 102 in the opposite direction and las indicated by the arrow in Fig. 9; but when this ratchet 104 is rotated, with said'pinion 103 in.the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig. 11

the pavvl 109, pivotally mounted on a disk or plate rigid with the shaft 102, being .enga ed `with said ratchet 104, the plate on whci said paw] is pivoted will move with said ratchet and etl'ect the rotation of the shaft 102.

.spring is allowed to return the rack 110,

by the retractive movementof the lever 7 5,'

the movement of said rack, 'in the backward direction is limited by the 'stop pin 91 of the lever 90 intercepting the stop 111 loffsaid rack, hence the length of such movement depends upon the position of said arm 90 and the arm.92. lt. will therefore be seen that if the pin 93- of the arm 92 is engaged .with

thevrigllt. hand perforation'seen in Fig. 1

thereciprocation of the rack 110 will he proportionately limited. Under the positive `movement vof thelever the carriage '96 has been drawn to the position shown in Fig. 9 and it is evident that in the' initial part of said movement, the rack r110 being retarded in its movement. by the sprin 114, the pin? ion 103enga ed with the teet of said rack would be free y rotated upon the shaft 102 a's the carriage 96 was drawn along until the pinion 103 contacted with `the arm 113 and the rack was then drawn alon a ainst the stress of the sp'rn 114; the acward return movement of t e rack 110 under the inluence of the-spring 114 takes place withI the 'teeth of the pinion 103 in mesh with those `backward movement of the carria e before the limit of backward movement o the carriage is reached or said pinion is intercepted by the arm 112 and the degree of rotation of saidl inion determines the degree ofA rotation o? the cam 106. If the teeth on the pinion 103 and the rack 110 are equal in number and the stop 91 ismoved to its extreme limit toward the left the rack 110 will be allowed to move to that. point but the distance through which the carriage 96 moves being always the same at the next forward movement of the carriage a less number of teeth of the rack will 11e between the `pinionv 103 and the arm 113 so that a numer of reciprocations of the carriage 96 will be required to eventually cause the complete rotation of the cam 106 to again permit the lentrance of the member 99 of the tongue 97 into 4the depression 107 of the cam and the consequent lifting of the end 98 of said tongue by theyspring pusher 100 to a -position to e'n lage and carry forward oneof the printing orms or, by such engagement, to push forward the line of printinv forms engaged in the guides 23--23. vWlth the liftlng of the end 98 of the ton ue 97 bythe pusher 100 the laterall exten ing bevel 'stop 101 also moves upwa to an o erative position for the pur ose to be liereafter described. lt willt us be seen that the locationof the pin 91determines the number of impressions to-be made from each printing form, it being understood that the ink sup plying means and the impression mechanism continue to operate in unison with the movement of the lever-7 5 as shall now he described.

On the sleeve 25 is' mounted the cam 116 Figs. 2 and 5, which is engaged by the bearing 117 of thelever 118, which lever is Secured on the rock shaft 119, journaled in a bea-ring of the bracket arm 120 extending upward :trom the frame 20. Mounted on said sha-ft 119 is the impression arm 121/ carrying Athe pivoted presser block 12210- cated approximately above the position of the guides 74.-74. `rThe downward swing of the free end of said impression are 121 being timed with relation to the movement ceived in regular order by some receptaclel similar to the file drawer 85 and itis preterred to utilize such a drawer in order that.

the same may be removed from the compartment 77 when empty'andso placed as to receive the forms as the are fed from themachi'ne.y It is also of importance that such receptacle be automatically adjusted with relation to the printing forms fed thereto so that the stack of printing forms insaid receptacle i may always be at or slightly below the path in which the printing forms are fed to such receptacle and it is of equal importance that said printing form receiver should-not be actuated solely ,Y

because of the o eration ofv the printing form feeding mec lanism but only -when a printing form is fed forward thereby. If, for instapce it is desired to print a series of impressions from each of the printing forms fed through the machine it will be `seen that during theprinting o1 the duplicate impressions the printing form feedin mechanism including the carriage 9G and its tongue97 will continue to operate butthe feeding forward of they `printing form duringl such I operations, is not effected as the end 98 of said `tongue 97 is depressed by ithe member 99 bearing against the periphery of the cam 106; at. such. time the printing form receiver should not beA actuated but, when the tree end 98 of the tongue 9 7 is once more raised by the spring pusher 100, the actuating means for said receiver should assume an operative position.

At the receiving end of the machine the trames 20-20 extend beyond 'the standard 21 and between 'said frames is .mounted the plate 124 having the vertical guides 125--125 on which isslidably mounted the carriage 126 having the rack 127, the supports 128 and the sidevclips 129 while at the upper cud ot said carriage is pivotally mounted the spring latchv 130 having spurs as 131 eraser' adapted to engage the upper end of the receiving file drawer which is similar to that marked/85 but is mounted in a reverse position so that its open end will be upward;

On the guides 125-125 are mounted the plates 132-133 carrying the shaft 134 on which the pawls 135-136 are pivoted in position to-engage the teeth of the rack 127 at times. In said plates 132-133 is also journaled the vshaft 137 having lever. arms 138-139, connected byV l.their springs 140-141 with the respective depending arms of the pawls 135-136, and, outside the plate 133 said shaft 137 has the pawl lever 142 which engages the teeth of the ratchet 143 which is mounted on theshaft 144 journaled in the plates 132-133 and having the alternately acting cams 145-and 146 bearing against the depending arms respectively of,

the pawls 13 5-136. On the shaft 144 -is pivoted the lever 147 which is connected at its upper vend by the retraction spring 148 with a Xed part of the machine and, at this upper portion has the. piVoted spring pressed pawl 149- the free end of tfwhichis designed to encrage the teeth of the ratchet wheel 143 to eiiect a rotation of said wheel upon a pivotal movement of the lever '147 in one direction. The lower end of this lever 147 is connected with the rod. 150 whichextends along beneath the top of the frame to a pointbeneath the delivery compartment 77 where said rod l150 is connected with the arm 151 of the sleeve 152 journaled on the stud 153 depending from the upper portion of the frame 20 and having the plate 154,

the front edge of which -is beveled, located in position to be engaged and swung by the bevcled'stud or actuator 101 of the spring .pusher 1,00 when said pusher and its stud are in the raised position shown in Figs. .9, 10 and 11, that is when the. free edge 98 of the printing form feeding tongue 97 is in the raised position. 1t isv understood that in the backward movement of the carriage 96 the beveled ,edge "of the actuator 101 rides under the similar edge of the plate 154 said plate beingprevented from swinging backward by the pin 155, and that the swinging of said plate by said stud is effected on the forward movement of the'carria -e 96.'

t n the forward movement of the carriage 9G the stud 101 acts against the plate 154 and causes the partial rotation of the sleeve 152 and the swinging backward of the arm 151 thus acts through the medium of the rod 150 to draw the lower end of lever 147 in the same direction and the ratchet 143. is

proportionately rotated, by the action of the ysaid pawl from a tooth of the rack v127 while the depending end of the other of said pawls is allowed to swing outward under the action of its spring 140 or 141, as the case may be whereby the upper end of said pawl moves inward to engage the next succeeding tooth of said rack 127 as this rack and its carriage with the file drawer moves downward.

Provision is made for the feeding of paper to and from the printing point and for subsequently severing said paper in predetermined lengths. From the frame 20 extends the frame 156 through which the sleeve 25 extends, this frame has the side members 157 and 158 and on said sleeve 25 Iis the belt pulley 159 'furnished with belt- 160 which drives the pulley 161 of the paper feed drive shaft 162 journaled in arms extending from the member 158 and 4having the friction roll 163 which is frictionally engaged with the disk 164 of the shaft 165 journaled in the members 157 and 1158 and having the feed roll 166. On said members 157 and 158 are pivotally mounted the levers 167 and 168 in -is a frame comprising the 'side members 174-175 which, at their forward ends vhave the depending lates 176 and 177 extendin downward in ront of the frame 20, an

having suitablebraces. In the members 174 and 175 is journaled the shaft 178 carrying the frame 179 which has the rotatable presser roll 180 "at its lower-portion and 1s connected, at its upper portion, by the spring 181 with the rod 182 secured to said members 174 and 175. `The shaft 183 is rota' tably mounted in the plates-176 and 177 and has the arms 184 and 185 the former of which has the lever 186,1in which arms is Vjournaled the shaft of the feed roll 187 having the pulley 18,8.v From the arm 184 exl tends the pin 189 which is connected by the retraction spring 190 with a pin fixed on the plate 176 whereby the spring, 190 tends to draw downward the feed roll 187 toward the positively driven roll 191 the shaft of which 1s journaled in the plates r176 and 177 and has the gear 192 driven 'from the gear 193 mounted on the shaft '194 which is journaled in the plates 176 and-177 and has the small with said paper of the rolls 187 and 191' provision is made for lifting the roll 187 away from the roll 191; this consists of the arm 198 mounted on the shaft 119 and haying the member 199 furnished with the screw 200 designed to be adjusted to bear on the free end of the lever 186 when the shaft 119 is rocked to swing downward the impression arm 121, the downward movement of said fr'ce end of the lever 186 effecting the swinging upward ofthe outer ends of the arms 184--185 and the roll 187 against the action of the spring 190.

For some purposes it is desirable to print addresses on a continuous strip and, in such case, it is preferred to rewind the strip after such printing. This is accomplished by the spring pressed shafts 201 and 202 journaled inbearmgs in the frame members 174--j175 and ada ted to engage a suitable roll 203. The sha' t 201 has the belt pulley 204 which is driven by the belt 205 from- 'the pulley 188, indicated in Fig. 5 of the drawing. YVhen such rewinder is used the shaft-of the, paper supply roll is preferably placed in the bearings 174 and 175 of the frame members 174 and 17 5. This rewinder mechanism may be disconnected by removing the belt 205. y

Provision is made for cutting the paper, afterprinting, into various lengths. fThe cutting means com )rises the upper cutting blade 206 `adjustably mounted-on the cross bar 176 of the plates176 and`177 and the movable cutter 207 pivotally mounted on au ear extending from the'plate 177 and guided, at its free end, by the member 208 extending from the plate 176, the lower `edge of 'this cutter 207 having the cam tooth 209.

On the cross member 177', extending between the lates 176 and 177 is the vertical uide 210 1n which the rod 211 is slidable.

he upper end of this rod 211 bears a ainst the cuttery 207 and the lower end o said rod bears on the face of the cam 212 mounted on the shaft 197. In order to assist in the retraction ofthe cutter 207 the spring 21,3 is connected with said cutter and with a pin on the plate 177. This cutting devicey operates at each rotation of the shaft-197 as at each rotation thereof the cam 212 acts to lift the .rod`211 and, through said rod, the cutter 207 and the paper is-severed between the-cutters 206 and 207.

When it is desired to cut the ri'nted aper in lengths `greater than wil norma ly feed forwardy at each rotation of lthe shaft,y 197, the cam212 is preferably removed and the cutter 207 is actuated` through .thelmedium of the cam 214 on said shaft 197 and acting on the lever 215 which is )1v-`.

machine on which 'the file drawer 85 is' mounted.

When the machine is set, as above described, for the making of a single impression from each printing form at each forward movement of the carriage 96, with the tongue 97 in position to engage a printing form the stud 101 engages the arm 154 of the journaled sleeve 152 and actuates or swings said arm, its sleeve and the arm 151 of said sleeve to1actuate the rod 150 and,

swing the lever 147 against the action of spring 148, whereby the-ratchet- 143 is intermittently rotated by the pawl 149 of said lever 147, the members 151, 152, and 154 constituting a controlling means for this portion of the device ,shaft A144 rotates with said ratchet. and cams`145 and 146 act on the depending ends of the pawls 135 and 136 whereby as the cam 145 effects the disengagement of its associated awl 135 from the rack 127 the cam 146 swings away from the awl 136 and. the depending end of this pawl) is drawn outward by its spring 141 to effect the engagement of the upper end of :faid pawl 1.36 with 'the tooth of the rack127 next above that approximately simultaneously disengaged by pawl 135. Thus at each forward feed of a' printing form the carriage 126 and the file drawer carried thereby moves downward a distance equal to one tooth of the rack 127 andis consequently always in posit-ion to receive the printing forms in succession. When the tongue 97 is .depressed to a point where it does not engage a printing form the stud101 is depressed to a 154 and there ore the ratchet mechanism for permitting downward movement ofthe cars,

riage 126 1s not actuated. This will be un-` derstood from the above description ofthe means vfor 'controlling the movement of the tongue 96.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

1. An addressing Vmachine comprising an element adapted to be continuously driven,

an impresslon mechanism driven thereby, power transmitting means continuously driven from said element, inking means, printing frm feeding means, driving means for operating said in king means and form feeding means in unison, and means for conoint where it clears'the arm necting said driving means with saidpower transmitting means at times.

2. An addressing machinecomprising a flywheel, a rotatable crank shaft on which said fly wheel is journaled, a clutch for connecting said 4fly wheel and shaft, inking means operativelyeonnected with said shaft, a crank rotatably mounted in the machine, printing form feeding means operatively connected with said second crank, and means for transmitting motion from the crank shaft to said second crank.`

3. An addressing machine comprising a 'pair of cranks rotatably mounted and turnished with sprockets,a chain connecting said sprockets, means fon-rotating one `of `said cranks, a pivoted lever in operative connection with one of said cranks, a carria e slidably mounted and connected with said lever, an inking roll frame pivotally mount,- ed on said carriage, means for guiding the ink roll, a lever ypivotally connected with the second crank, and a printing form feed .carriage slidably mounted and pivotally connected with said second lever.

4, An addressing machine comprising longitudinal guides, 'means-for feeding forward printing forms in said guidesy an intermittently operated impression means above said guides, ways yieldlngly mounted .below such guides, all ink reservoir having an in k roll, an inclined late located between said ways, a carriage s i ably mounted and havin an ink transfer roll, for transferring ink rom the roll of the ink reservoir to suoli inclined plate, a frame pvoted to said carriage and furnished with an inking roll adapted to take ink from said inclined plate and having means adapted to ride upward onto said ways, and means for operating said slidable carriage. f

5. An addressing machine comprising a carriage slidably mounted, means for movmg sald carriage, a spring lifted tongue pivotally mounted on said carriage, a cam, for

tatably mounted on the carriage, means for effecting the intermittent rotation of said cam, and means for controlling said cam rotating means.

6. An addressing machine comprising a carriage slidably mounted, means for moving said carriage, a sprin lifted tongue pivoted on said carriage an havinga cam bearing member, a cam rotatably mounted on said carriage. and bearing against said member, a ratchet mechanism for effecting the intermittent rotation of said cam, a pins ion on said vratchet mechanism, and a, rack .with which said pinion 'isengaged 7. An addressing machine comprising a carriage slidably mounted and having a. pivoted spring -lifted tongue, meansfor moving said carriage, a shaft journaled inl said 'carriage and having a cam adapted to concontrolling Athe lifting of said tongue, ro- Y.

trol the Ylifting of said tongue, a lratchet ,mechanism on said shaft, for eifecting the intermittent rotation thereof, and including a pinioi'n'a rack slidably mounted With which said pinion is engaged, and means for controlling the movement of said rack.

8. An addressing machine comprising a i feed carriage slidably mounted and having a a -pivoted spring lifted tongue `furnished with a depending member, a shaft journaled in.-said carriage and having a cam acting against said member, a pinion rotatable on said shaft, ratchet mechanism for connecting said pinion and shaft, a rack slitlably mounted with which said pinion engages, a post on said rack for interceptingsaid pinion, and springmeans for moving said rack in one direction, and adjustable means for limiting the movement of said rack said spring.

1Q. An addressing machine comprising stencil receiving means movably mounted, means operatively connected therewithv for under action of,

ycontrolling the movement of said receiving means, and stencil feeding means having a movable stencil engaging device and an actuator for effecting the operation of the controlling means' when said engaging device is in the operative position.I v

11. An addressing machine comprising stencil receiving means movably mounted), meansoperatively connected therewith for controlling the movement of said lreceiving means, stencil feeding means, an actuator for said controlling means movable with fsaid feeding means, a stencil engaging device movably mounted on said feeding means, and mechanism for effecting 'the movement of said actuator and engaging device to an inoperative position during a predetermined series of feeding movements of said feeding means. y

12. An addressing machine comprising stencil receiving` means inovably mounted at one fend ofthe stencil feed path, means for controlling the ,movement of said receivingevase? 13. An addressing machine comprising stencil receiving means movably mounted, controlling means therefor, connecting means between .said receiving and controlling means, a stencil feed carriage movably mounted and having a movable stencil engaging device and a movable actuator 4for said engaging device, and means for moving said engagingldevice and actuator to an iiioperative position.

14. An addressing machine comprisingl stencil receiving means movably mounted,`

controlling'means therefor, a lever pivoted at al' distance from said receiver and a connection between said'lever and said controlling means, a stencil feed carriage movably mounted'and Ahaving a pivoted stencil en-' gaging device and a movableactuator for said lever adapted to be moved to an inoperative position by the corresponding movement of said engaging device and means carried by said carriage for moving said engaging device.

15. An addressing machine comprising` stencil receiving means movably mounted, controlling means therefor, a lever pivotally mounted at a-distance from such receiving means, a rod connectingsaid lever and said controlling means, a stencil feed carriage slidably mounted, a tongue pivotally mounted on said carriage, an actuator for said conj trolling means movable in unison With said tongue' and mounted on said carriage, rotative means on said carriage for swinging said tongue and means for intermittently rotating said rotative means. y

16. An addressing machine comprising stencil receiving means movably mounted, controlling means therefor, .aired extending from said controlling means, a pivoted lever to which said rod isconnected, a stencil feed carriage slidably mounted, a stencil engag' ing device pivoted on said cari'iage and'having a depending membeig'a spring operated lifter for one end of said stencil engaging device lia-ving a laterally extending actuator for said controlling` means, a cam rotatably mounted on said carriage and bearing against the depending member of said stencil engaging device, and ratchet means for intermittently eifecting rotative movement of said "'cain.

17. An addressing machine comprising impression means having a lever arm, stencil feeding means, inking means, paper feeding meansjconsistingof a positively vdriven roll and-a presser vroll journaled in pivoted arms one of which has a lever extension and means carried by the impression lever arm for actiing against said lever to lift said presser roll.

118. An addressing "machine comprising impression means, stencil feeding means, inking means, paper 'feeding means including a' rotatableshaft, a cam on said shaft adjacent said' shaft and adapted to be vbrated by said cam, a pawl pi-votally'mounted on said lever, a second shaft rotatably mounted and having a ratchet adapted to be intermittently rotated by said pawl, a cam on said second shaft, and a pvotally mounta spring retracted leverV pivotlly mounted ed cutter adafited to be operated by said 1at rotation thereof, as described. LAURITS M. NIELSEN.

ter cam at eac Witnesses:

N. J. MILLER, M. M. HAnnING'roN. 

